FLASHBACK

January -- San Francisco to design a $300 million cruise terminal at Piers 30-32, with shops, restaurants, a movie theater and hotel. Projected 2003 completion.

February -- Port of San Francisco unveils plans to create a sweeping historic district, preserving buildings on a stretch of the waterfront from Fisherman's Wharf to China Basin.
May -- Pier 70, a former hot spot on the industrial southern waterfront and home to
San Francisco Drydock Inc.
, is tagged for a major mixed-use redevelopment to include nonprofit arts space.
June -- Cleveland's
Malrite Co.
beats local nonprofit
Bay Center
coalition for a chance to develop massive Pier 45 attraction. In a non-binding ballot measure, however, voters in November favored Bay Center; Malrite says it's not going away.

July -- The often-feuding Port of San Francisco and
Bay Conservation and Development Commission
reach agreement for creating public plazas, demolishing old piers and expanding non-maritime uses on the waterfront.
August -- Mayor
Willie Brown
and port officials play host to Texas developers looking to build an indoor waterfront sports arena near Pac Bell Park. The project, though, lacks a team or guaranteed funding.
December -- New York City's Chelsea Piers and operators of the
San Francisco Bay Club
unveil competing plans for a mammoth recreation complex at Piers 27-31. Port plans to choose a developer in 2001.
December -- Eyeing a $200 million expansion of Jack London Square, the Port of Oakland opens talks with developer

Ellis Partners
. The port parted ways with its first choice, LCOR/WDG Ventures, in August.
December -- Port of Oakland sells 14 acres on Hegenberger Road for $5.5 million. Office complex plans fit city's vision to revitalize so-called Hegenberger corridor.
December -- Port of San Francisco prepares to vacate landmark Ferry Building and move to stylish new offices in Pier 1.
World Trade Club
and other Ferry Building tenants get the boot as $70 million renovation begins.